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HB4959 Engrossed |
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| AN ACT concerning public safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Hazardous Material Emergency Response |
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| Reimbursement Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (430 ILCS 55/5) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 1005)
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| Sec. 5. Reimbursement to agencies.
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| (a) It shall be the duty of the responsible party to |
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| reimburse, within 60 days after the receipt of a bill for the |
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| hazardous material emergency incident
in a
timely and |
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| reasonable manner, the emergency response agencies responding |
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| to
a hazardous material emergency incident, and any private |
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| contractor
responding to the incident at the request of an |
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| emergency response agency,
for the costs incurred in the course |
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| of providing emergency action.
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| (b) In the event that the emergency response agencies are |
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| not reimbursed
by a responsible party as required under |
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| subsection (a), monies in the Fund
shall be used to reimburse |
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| the emergency response agencies
providing emergency action at |
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| or near the scene of a hazardous materials
emergency incident |
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| subject to the following limitations:
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| (1) Cost recovery from the Fund is limited to |
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| replacement of expended
materials including, but not |
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| limited to, specialized firefighting
foam, damaged hose or |
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| other reasonable and necessary supplies.
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| (2) The applicable cost of supplies must exceed 2% of |
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emergency response agency's annual budget.
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| (3) A minimum of $500 must have been expended.
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| (4) A maximum of $10,000 may be requested per incident.
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| (5) The response was made to an incident involving |
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| hazardous materials
facilities such as rolling stock which |
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| are not in a terminal and which are
not included on the |